So Saturday morning I took a deep breath and started my upgrade. A note here that upgrades of the GroupWise back end normally are pretty painless, but you always have to watchout for Murphy.   So the first step was to make two backups of my GroupWise system, the first was with a custom backup script that backup my post offices using dbcopy and allows the backup to be done while the system is on line.  The second backup was to shutdown the system and copy all the folders to my backup NAS. While the backup was running I read through the documentation on upgrading to see if there were any gotcha’s that that would ruin my day.

The only major change that could cause problems is the upgrade in the webaccess.. The new install removes the gwinter agent and replaces post office access with soap. What you lose is document publising of document in  the GroupWise document management system, these documents can still be downloaded, just not viewed on line.  The document management system in GroupWise is being replaced by Novell Vibe, Novell’s collaboration solution.

The upgrade itself was extremely fast. The upgrade removed the gwinter agent from the system. The agents ugrade  only took a few minutes.

The items updated
• Admin Tools & Software directory
• Schema update
• Domain & Post office agent
• Gwia

After the update was complete, I had to start the MTA first to update the Domain database with the new schema.  This only took a few minutes on my domain. Next was to start the post office and allow the schema to update, this took a a while longer  then the domain. The I started up the GWIA and checked the system to see if mail would flow, after sending an email from an outside account, and not receiving any email I check the mail path. The first was my GWAVA and that had be restarted, with no mail showing in the GWIA console, I checked my Firewall which is a SMTP proxy. I found the missing mail in the smtp queue. After releasing it from the queue and receiving the mail, I send outbound mail and found that working. I shutdown GroupWise and restarted it through the normal startup.

The web access component in a new installation that use the soap protocol for communication between itself and the post office. a restart of the apache server and tomcat are required.

The start up commands for displaying the Consoles
• MTA Start Command ./gwmta –show @domain.mta &
• POA Start Command ./gwpoa –show @po.poa &
• GWIA Start Command ./gwia –show @gwia.cfg &

Normal Statup commands
• GWAVA normal startup Command rcgwavaman start
• GroupWise normal startup Command rcgrpwise start

Apache and tomcat restat commands
• Apache restart Command rcapache2 restart
• Tomcat restart Command rcnovell-tomcat5 restart

This installation is in on a Novell OES2 system.

Place your WordPress into maintenance mode so  no changes are made while doing this. In phpMyAdmin I selected the database, went to the export tab.  Then I selected the tables that contained my WordPress installation, then exported it to SQL  format.  After the export,  I opened the exported file with Notepad++ I edited the database name and any paths.

After editing the file. Open phpMyAdmin created a new empty database. Then select the database and go to the import tab and import the edited file.  In your WordPress installation rename the wp-config.php, then open your blog. The installation page will appear, complete the database connection, this is all that is required. Login as admin and turn off maintenance mode. Your blog should be up and running in the same state it was in before the migration, (except in it’s own database).

This should be able to be done in about thirty minutes.

Good luck

The client complaint was that the system had been locking up and running slow. Initial contact with the system was remotely.  Initial check show that the Kaspersky was was running and the database were up to date.  I checked  the task manager and found 6 iexplorer processes running without a user interface. Attempts to kill the process would restart a new process.  I updated Malwarebytes, Ran a scan and found 155 infected objects, deleted those objects and restarted the system.  After the reboot, Kaspersky popped a message stating the svchost.exe was infected with the Trojan, and in would only allow it to be ignored.  I checked the task manager and the iexplorer processes were still running.  I check the setting in Kasperky and found the the setting to ignore the svchost.exe removed it from the expetion list, only to have it return. Ran Malwarebytes full scan and did not locate any malware. At this point I shutdown the system and told the client I wold pickit up when I got back into town.

I picked up the system and took it to the office I ran my tools in safe mode and did not find the malware.  I finally did a repair install of WinXP that got rid of the trojan. After patching the system. Kaspersky would not start it protective services on boot, I had to start them manually. I tried updating to 2012 and still had the same problem. I finally un-installed Kaspersky and scrubbed the registry and residual  keys, after reinstalling everything was working properly.

To explain the system in is a GroupWise 2012 running  on an OES2 SP3, SLES10 SP4 Linux box, with GWAVA for mail security.  I checked the system and it looked like everything should be working.  So I stared by restarting the GroupWise and GWAVA servers, this resulted in no changes to the issues. Checking the web tools showed the post office and gateways were open.  I check the GroupWise monitor and it showed the MTA was unknown and GWIA wasn’t running,  which was counter  to all the other data and the logs showed no errors.

After tracking the unsent messages, I finally found them waiting in the post office send Que.  So that told me that the POA and the MTA where not communicating for outbound, which did not make sense since it was receiving inbound mail.   I disabled the SSL thing that was could be causing a problem, no effect. So finally I changed the port of the MTA from 7100 to 7105 After restarting the GroupWise system, mail started to flow outbound. Netstat showed about 15 connection on port 7100 and only two on port 7105..

Now the question is what caused this issue. The fix is a band-aid to get the system back in production, but it looks like a long weekend of trouble shooting to figure out what is actually is causing the problem.  The thing is  I did this on another server and it worked fine.

Any thoughts?

Dan P. Benjamin, Automatic, Ltd.  random image rotator.

 Sample entry for css file:
background: url(images/random-images/rotate.php);

Sample entry for webpage:
<p align=”center”><img src=”images/photography/rotate.php” alt=”random photos” width=”375″ height=”315″ /></p>

To provide and random id for the images I set a variable using uniqid and generate a random number.  Then add an id to the rotate.php.

Sample Variable for uniq id:

/*<?php $ranzyz345 = md5( uniqid (rand(), 1) ); ?>*/

Sample adding uniq id to rotate.php:

/*<img src=”images/directory/rotate.php?id=<?php echo($ranzyz345); ?>” title=”" alt=”Random Marine Corps Emblems and Cheverons” width=”125″ height=”125″ style=”float:left; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px;” border=”1.0″/>*/

For  rotating  videos and  content  randomly I use another php script that read a directory an randomly pulls files from the directory would love to give credit where this file came from but I can’t find it.  But here  is the code, the only change is enter the path to your directory.  I setup a div then use  a include to load the file into the page.

Code for random.php

/*

error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT);

$files = array();

$path = “(path to  directory)/”;

if( $handle = opendir( $path ) ) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if( $file != “.” && $file != “..” && !is_dir( $path.$file ) ) {
$files[] = $path.$file;
}
}
// You need to populate the $files variable before you count it;)
$file = $files[ rand( 0, count( $files ) -1 ) ];
// Now we can include it!
include (“$file”);
}

else {
print “no files found”;
}
*/

Notepad++ has become my favorite editor when coding PHP, HTML, or CSS. It just has so many useful little features. You can have all of the documents you need opened in one window and separated with tabs. When you are updating some code, you can have the original in one “view” and the new code in another view. The FIND feature of searching all open documents, or documents in a directory.  The REPLACE feature allows quick editing of all pages, eliminating the tedious work of updating your website.

Read more to get a list of the Notepad++ keyboard shortcut keys.

Notepad++ Website

(Command key) – On some Apple keyboards, this key also has an Apple logo ()
 (Control key)
 (Option key) – “Alt” may also appear on this key
 (Shift key)
(Caps Lock) – Toggles Caps Lock on or off
fn (Function key)

Startup keyboard shortcuts

Press the key or key combination until the expected function occurs/appears (for example, hold Option during startup until Startup Manager appears, or Shift until “Safe Boot” appears). Tip: If a startup function doesn’t work and you use a third-party keyboard, connect an Apple keyboard and try again.

See also: Startup key combinations for Intel-based Macs.

Finder keyboard shortcuts

Application and other Mac OS X keyboard commands

Note: Some applications may not support all of the below application key combinations.

(*) Note: If no text is selected, the extension begins at the insertion point. If text is selected by dragging, then the extension begins at the selection boundary. Reversing the direction of the selection deselects the appropriate unit.

Universal Access – VoiceOver keyboard commands

For information about VoiceOver key combination differences in Mac OS X v10.6, see this article.

Note: You may need to enable “Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard keys” in Keyboard preferences for the VoiceOver menu and utility to work.

Universal Access – Mouse Keys

When Mouse Keys is turned on in Universal Access preferences, you can use the keyboard or numeric keypad keys to move the mouse pointer. If your computer doesn’t have a numeric keypad, use the Fn (function) key.

How to Exit

Editing a File

Inserting Text

Inserting a file

Deleting Text

Changing (or Replacing) Text

Substituting

The arguments that you can use for the substitute commands:
[c] Confirm each substitution. Vim positions the cursor on the matching
 string. You can type:
 'y' to substitute this match
 'n' to skip this match
  to skip this match
 'a' to substitute this and all remaining matches {not in Vi}
 'q' to quit substituting {not in Vi}
 CTRL-E to scroll the screen up {not in Vi}
 CTRL-Y to scroll the screen down {not in Vi}.
[e] When the search pattern fails, do not issue an error message and, in
 particular, continue in maps as if no error occurred.
[g] Replace all occurrences in the line. Without this argument,
 replacement occurs only for the first occurrence in each line.
[i] Ignore case for the pattern.
[I] Don't ignore case for the pattern.
[p] Print the line containing the last substitute.

Copying and Moving Text

Undo/Redo/Repeat

Moving Around

Basic motion commands:

 k
h l
j

These commands move over words or WORDS.

A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces, tabs, ). This can be changed with the ‘iskeyword’ option.

A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. An empty line is also considered to be a word and a WORD.

Marks

Searching

Selecting Text (Visual Mode)

To select text, enter visual mode with one of the commands below, and use motion commands to highlight the text you are interested in. Then, use some command on the text.

The operators that can be used are:
 ~ switch case
 d delete
 c change
 y yank
 > shift right
 < shift left
 ! filter through external command
 = filter through 'equalprg' option command
 gq format lines to 'textwidth' length

How to Suspend

Vimtutor

Vim Commands Cheat Sheet
Thanks to http://www.ssel.montana.edu/HowTo/ for the sheet.     Printer friendly version.
Download the PDF version.

If you want a condensed more graphical version; check out this vi/vim cheat sheet. http://www.viemu.com/

How to Exit

Moving Text

How to Suspend

Edit a File

Undo/Redo/Repeat

Vimtutor

Inserting Text

Moving Around (Cursor Motion)

Deleteing Text

Marks

Replacing Text

Searching

Substituting Text

Selecting Text (Visual Mode)

How to Exit

:q[uit]     Quit Vim. This fails when changes have been made.
:q[uit]!     Quit without writing.
:cq[uit]     Quit always, without writing.
:wq     Write the current file and exit.
:wq!     Write the current file and exit always.
:wq {file}     Write to {file}. Exit if not editing the last
:wq! {file}     Write to {file} and exit always.
:[range]wq[!]     [file] Same as above, but only write the lines in [range].
ZZ     Write current file, if modified, and exit.
ZQ     Quit current file and exit (same as “:q!”).

Editing a File

:e[dit]     Edit the current file. This is useful to re-edit the current file, when it has been changed outside of Vim.
:e[dit]!     Edit the current file always. Discard any changes to the current buffer. This is useful if you want to start all over again.
:e[dit] {file}     Edit {file}.
:e[dit]! {file}     Edit {file} always. Discard any changes to the current buffer.
gf     Edit the file whose name is under or after the cursor. Mnemonic: “goto file”.

Inserting Text

a     Append text after the cursor [count] times.
A     Append text at the end of the line [count] times.
i     Insert text before the cursor [count] times.
I     Insert text before the first non-blank in the line [count] times.
gI     Insert text in column 1 [count] times.
o     Begin a new line below the cursor and insert text, repeat [count] times.
O     Begin a new line above the cursor and insert text, repeat [count] times.

Inserting a file

:r[ead] [name]     Insert the file [name] below the cursor.
:r[ead] !{cmd}     Execute {cmd} and insert its standard output below the cursor.

Deleting Text

<Del> or
x     Delete [count] characters under and after the cursor
X     Delete [count] characters before the cursor
d{motion}     Delete text that {motion} moves over
dd     Delete [count] lines
D     Delete the characters under the cursor until the end of the line
{Visual}x or
{Visual}d     Delete the highlighted text (for {Visual} see Selecting Text).
{Visual}CTRL-H or
{Visual}     When in Select mode: Delete the highlighted text
{Visual}X or
{Visual}D     Delete the highlighted lines
:[range]d[elete]     Delete [range] lines (default: current line)
:[range]d[elete] {count}     Delete {count} lines, starting with [range]

Changing (or Replacing) Text

r{char}     replace the character under the cursor with {char}.
R     Enter Insert mode, replacing characters rather than inserting
~     Switch case of the character under the cursor and move the cursor to the right. If a [count] is given, do that many characters.
~{motion}     switch case of {motion} text.
{Visual}~     Switch case of highlighted text

Substituting

:[range]s[ubstitute]/{pattern}/{string}/[c][e][g][p][r][i][I] [count]     For each line in [range] replace a match of {pattern} with {string}.
:[range]s[ubstitute] [c][e][g][r][i][I] [count] :[range]&[c][e][g][r][i][I] [count]     Repeat last :substitute with same search pattern and substitute string, but without the same flags. You may add extra flags

The arguments that you can use for the substitute commands:
[c] Confirm each substitution. Vim positions the cursor on the matching
string. You can type:
‘y’ to substitute this match
‘n’ to skip this match
to skip this match
‘a’ to substitute this and all remaining matches {not in Vi}
‘q’ to quit substituting {not in Vi}
CTRL-E to scroll the screen up {not in Vi}
CTRL-Y to scroll the screen down {not in Vi}.
[e] When the search pattern fails, do not issue an error message and, in
particular, continue in maps as if no error occurred.
[g] Replace all occurrences in the line. Without this argument,
replacement occurs only for the first occurrence in each line.
[i] Ignore case for the pattern.
[I] Don’t ignore case for the pattern.
[p] Print the line containing the last substitute.

Copying and Moving Text

“{a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-”}     Use register {a-zA-Z0-9.%#:-”} for next delete, yank or put (use uppercase character to append with delete and yank) ({.%#:} only work with put).
:reg[isters]     Display the contents of all numbered and named registers.
:reg[isters] {arg}     Display the contents of the numbered and named registers that are mentioned in {arg}.
:di[splay] [arg]     Same as :registers.
["x]y{motion}     Yank {motion} text [into register x].
["x]yy     Yank [count] lines [into register x]
["x]Y     yank [count] lines [into register x] (synonym for yy).
{Visual}["x]y     Yank the highlighted text [into register x] (for {Visual} see Selecting Text).
{Visual}["x]Y     Yank the highlighted lines [into register x]
:[range]y[ank] [x]     Yank [range] lines [into register x].
:[range]y[ank] [x] {count}     Yank {count} lines, starting with last line number in [range] (default: current line), [into register x].
["x]p     Put the text [from register x] after the cursor [count] times.
["x]P     Put the text [from register x] before the cursor [count] times.
["x]gp     Just like “p”, but leave the cursor just after the new text.
["x]gP     Just like “P”, but leave the cursor just after the new text.
:[line]pu[t] [x]     Put the text [from register x] after [line] (default current line).
:[line]pu[t]! [x]     Put the text [from register x] before [line] (default current line).

Undo/Redo/Repeat

u     Undo [count] changes.
:u[ndo]     Undo one change.
CTRL-R     Redo [count] changes which were undone.
:red[o]     Redo one change which was undone.
U     Undo all latest changes on one line. {Vi: while not moved off of it}
.     Repeat last change, with count replaced with [count].

Moving Around

Basic motion commands:

k
h l
j

h or
[count] characters to the left (exclusive).
l or
or
[count] characters to the right (exclusive).
k or
or
CTRL-P     [count] lines upward
j or
or
CTRL-J or
or
CTRL-N     [count] lines downward (linewise).
0     To the first character of the line (exclusive).
<Home>     To the first character of the line (exclusive).
^     To the first non-blank character of the line
$ or
<End>     To the end of the line and [count - 1] lines downward
g0 or
g<Home>     When lines wrap (‘wrap on): To the first character of the screen line (exclusive). Differs from “0″ when a line is wider than the screen. When lines don’t wrap (‘wrap’ off): To the leftmost character of the current line that is on the screen. Differs from “0″ when the first character of the line is not on the screen.
g^     When lines wrap (‘wrap’ on): To the first non-blank character of the screen line (exclusive). Differs from “^” when a line is wider than the screen. When lines don’t wrap (‘wrap’ off): To the leftmost non-blank character of the current line that is on the screen. Differs from “^” when the first non-blank character of the line is not on the screen.
g$ or
g<End&gr;     When lines wrap (‘wrap’ on): To the last character of the screen line and [count - 1] screen lines downward (inclusive). Differs from “$” when a line is wider than the screen. When lines don’t wrap (‘wrap’ off): To the rightmost character of the current line that is visible on the screen. Differs from “$” when the last character of the line is not on the screen or when a count is used.
f{char}     To [count]‘th occurrence of {char} to the right. The cursor is placed on {char} (inclusive).
F{char}     To the [count]‘th occurrence of {char} to the left. The cursor is placed on {char} (inclusive).
t{char}     Till before [count]‘th occurrence of {char} to the right. The cursor is placed on the character left of {char} (inclusive).
T{char}     Till after [count]‘th occurrence of {char} to the left. The cursor is placed on the character right of {char} (inclusive).
;     Repeat latest f, t, F or T [count] times.
,     Repeat latest f, t, F or T in opposite direction [count] times.
- <minus>     [count] lines upward, on the first non-blank character (linewise).
+ or
CTRL-M or
<CR>     [count] lines downward, on the first non-blank character (linewise).
_ <underscore>     [count] – 1 lines downward, on the first non-blank character (linewise).
<C-End> or
G     Goto line [count], default last line, on the first non-blank character.
<C-Home> or
gg     Goto line [count], default first line, on the first non-blank character.
<S-Right> or
w     [count] words forward
<C-Right> or
W     [count] WORDS forward
e     Forward to the end of word [count]
E     Forward to the end of WORD [count]
<S-Left> or
b     [count] words backward
<C-Left> or
B     [count] WORDS backward
ge     Backward to the end of word [count]
gE     Backward to the end of WORD [count]
These commands move over words or WORDS.

A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces, tabs, ). This can be changed with the ‘iskeyword’ option.

A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. An empty line is also considered to be a word and a WORD.
(     [count] sentences backward
)     [count] sentences forward
{     [count] paragraphs backward
}     [count] paragraphs forward
]]     [count] sections forward or to the next ‘{‘ in the first column. When used after an operator, then the ‘}’ in the first column.
][     [count] sections forward or to the next ‘}’ in the first column
[[     [count] sections backward or to the previous ‘{‘ in the first column
[]     [count] sections backward or to the previous ‘}’ in the first column

Marks

m{a-zA-Z}     Set mark {a-zA-Z} at cursor position (does not move the cursor, this is not a motion command).
m’ or
m`     Set the previous context mark. This can be jumped to with the “”” or ““” command (does not move the cursor, this is not a motion command).
:[range]ma[rk] {a-zA-Z}     Set mark {a-zA-Z} at last line number in [range], column 0. Default is cursor line.
:[range]k{a-zA-Z}     Same as :mark, but the space before the mark name can be omitted.
‘{a-z}     To the first non-blank character on the line with mark {a-z} (linewise).
‘{A-Z0-9}     To the first non-blank character on the line with mark {A-Z0-9} in the correct file
`{a-z}     To the mark {a-z}
`{A-Z0-9}     To the mark {A-Z0-9} in the correct file
:marks     List all the current marks (not a motion command).
:marks {arg}     List the marks that are mentioned in {arg} (not a motion command). For example:

Searching

/{pattern}[/]     Search forward for the [count]‘th occurrence of {pattern}
/{pattern}/{offset}     Search forward for the [count]‘th occurrence of {pattern} and go {offset} lines up or down.
/<CR>     Search forward for the [count]‘th latest used pattern
//{offset}<CR>     Search forward for the [count]‘th latest used pattern with new. If {offset} is empty no offset is used.
?{pattern}[?]<CR>     Search backward for the [count]‘th previous occurrence of {pattern}
?{pattern}?{offset}<CR>     Search backward for the [count]‘th previous occurrence of {pattern} and go {offset} lines up or down
?<CR>     Search backward for the [count]‘th latest used pattern
??{offset}<CR>     Search backward for the [count]‘th latest used pattern with new {offset}. If {offset} is empty no offset is used.
n     Repeat the latest “/” or “?” [count] times.
N     Repeat the latest “/” or “?” [count] times in opposite direction.

Selecting Text (Visual Mode)

To select text, enter visual mode with one of the commands below, and use motion commands to highlight the text you are interested in. Then, use some command on the text.

The operators that can be used are:
~ switch case
d delete
c change
y yank
> shift right
< shift left
! filter through external command
= filter through ‘equalprg’ option command
gq format lines to ‘textwidth’ length

v     start Visual mode per character.
V     start Visual mode linewise.
<Esc>     exit Visual mode without making any changes

How to Suspend

CTRL-Z     Suspend Vim, like “:stop”. Works in Normal and in Visual mode. In Insert and Command-line mode, the CTRL-Z is inserted as a normal character.
:sus[pend][!] or
:st[op][!]     Suspend Vim. If the ‘!’ is not given and ‘autowrite’ is set, every buffer with changes and a file name is written out. If the ‘!’ is given or ‘autowrite’ is not set, changed buffers are not written, don’t forget to bring Vim back to the foreground later!

Viewing and exploring webpages

Working with tabs

The following table describes shortcuts used when working with tabs.

To do this	Press this
Open links in a new tab in the background	Ctrl+click
Open links in a new tab in the foreground	Ctrl+Shift+click
Open a new tab in the foreground	Ctrl+T
Switch between tabs	Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Close current tab (or the current window if tabbed browsing is disabled)	Ctrl+W
Open a new tab in the foreground from the Address bar	Alt+Enter
Switch to a specific tab number	Ctrl+n (where n is a number between 1 and
Switch to the last tab	Ctrl+9
Close other tabs	Ctrl+Alt+F4
Toggle Quick Tabs (thumbnail view) on or off	Ctrl+Q